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“company” means a registered entity as defined in section 218 of the Act 2021 concerned 
with petroleum operations with a permit issued by the Authority,  
“competent person” means a person appointed by a licensee or permit holder under these 
Regulations. A Competent Person shall have sufficient training, knowledge and other 
qualities to manage specialised petroleum operations and have the power to take 
decisions with respect to his area of operations on behalf of the Company; 
“Cradle to Grave” means the management of waste from its generation to disposal; 
“Crude oil” means the natural product of wells or seepages of petroleum oil before the oil 
has been refined or otherwise treated; 
“Dangerous area” means any — 
(a) enclosed premises containing a dangerous location together with a space 
extending not less than fifteen metres measured along the shortest part in air 
of flammable gases or vapour from any point of escape of those gases from the 
premises, or 
(b) open premises containing one or more dangerous locations together with a 
space extending no less than fifteen metres in all directions from every such 
dangerous location; 
“Dangerous atmosphere” means an atmosphere containing any flammable gas or vapour 
in a concentration capable of ignition by an open flame or electric spark; 
“Dangerous location” means a location where a leakage or emission, of a product which 
can produce a dangerous atmosphere, is likely to occur; 
“dBA” means  average weighted decibels 
“Decommissioning and abandonment” means the approved process of cessation of 
operations of crude oil, installations, plants and structures, including shutting down an 
installation operations and production, total or partial removal of installations and 
structures where applicable, chemicals and other such material handling, removal and 
disposal of debris and removed items, environmental restoration of the area after removal 
of installations, plants and structures; 
“DNV” means Det Norske Veritas, 
“Downstream petroleum operations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Act;